The Top 8 national seeds and the rest of the tournament field will be announced today at noon, but the Florida State baseball team officially learned on Sunday night that it will be hosting an NCAA regional this weekend at Dick Howser Stadium.

Not that it was shocking news by any stretch. The Seminoles are 43-15, have been a Top 5 team all season and currently have the No. 4 RPI in the country. So it was not a surprise that Tallahassee was one of the 16 hosting sties for the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.

It marks the 37th straight season Florida State has earned a postseason bid.

Florida and Miami will both host this weekend as well, as will conference rival Virginia, who Florida State defeated 6-4 on Saturday night in the ACC Tournament.

The Seminoles, Gators and Cavaliers are all expected to be Top 8 seeds when the pairings are announced today. The Hurricanes are also in the mix to be a national seed, but may have been hurt by a 1-2 performance at the conference tournament in Greensboro.

A look back at THE play

It was supposed to be a meaningless game on Saturday night. Not only were Virginia and Florida State already considered stone-cold locks to be Top 8 national seeds for the upcoming NCAA Tournament, but both teams had already been eliminated from ACC title contention before the game began.

Still. It was evident just how meaningful the game really was after Justin Gonzalez's remarkable diving catch led to an inning-ending, game-saving doubleplay in the Seminoles' eventual 6-4 win over the Cavaliers.

Closer Jameis Winston did an emphatic fist pump. Seemingly every player in the FSU dugout hopped over the railing to enthusiastically greet Gonzalez as he came off the field. His fellow infielders all celebrated as they ran off the diamond.

"I blacked out," FSU first baseman John Nogowski said. "I was screaming. I don't know what I was yelling. It was something in Spanish probably. And not very good. But it was absolutely incredible.

"It was an unbelievable catch by Gonzo. That's special. That's something that I'm not going to forget. Just a heck of a play."

Said FSU head coach Mike Martin: "I have never in my 35 years as head coach been involved in more noise, more excitement, more desire, more togetherness than we had in that dugout after that inning was over with.

Stewart named Howser semifinalist

Florida State's D.J. Stewart was named one of 35 semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy as announced by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

The award, given to the top player in collegiate baseball, is based on two rounds of national voting.

Stewart became the seventh Seminole in school history to garner ACC Player of the Year accolades. The sophomore outfielder finished the regular season ranked in the top 10 in the ACC in nine offensive categories while leading the league in average (.362), on-base percentage (.478) and slugging percentage (.588) and tied in RBI (47) and doubles (19).